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In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

In this narrated review video, an in-depth comparison is made between Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, juxtaposed against the nearly three-millennia-old poetry of Homer. The...

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Hercules Poisoned By The Shirt Of Nessus, From The Workshop Of The Boucicaut Master (active 1390-1430)

This manuscript illustration was created by the workshop of an artist known as the Boucicaut Master (active 1390-1430), and comes from a work called...

The Odd Repercussions Of Emperor Wu’s Anti-Crime Concealment Law

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (r. 141-87 BCE) and his ministers, in hopes of eradicating crime and corruption, concocted a legal quagmire that...

The Story Of Sam, The Medieval Irish Guard Dog

A flashy figure named Olaf “Peacock” Hoskuldsson was said to have been a chieftain in the Laxardal region of Iceland and reportedly lived around...
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